Georgia Hunter Bell is aiming to win her first global title as she leads Britain’s 11-strong team at this weekend’s World Indoor Athletics Championships.
British athletes Molly Caudery and Jeremiah Azu are also gold medal prospects for the event which will be held in Chinese city Nanjing this weekend.
Middle distance star Hunter Bell is hoping to make right on her performance at the Europeans earlier this month when an ear infection led her to finish fourth in the 1,500m.
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Olympic champions Armand Duplantis, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Yaroslava Mahuchikh are also set to be in China for the event, which can be watched by British audiences.
Here is what you need to know.
When are the World Indoor Athletics Championships 2025?
The championships are being held over three days, from Friday to Sunday, March 21 to 23.
World Athletics has organised a tight programme of morning and evening sessions to fit in all of the sessions. Morning sessions will be from around 2am to 5am UK time and evening sessions are from around 10.30am to around 2pm, depending on the day. A full schedule is here.
Some potential times for your diary are (all times GMT):
- Men’s 60m final (1.24pm, Friday) - Jeremiah Azu
- Women’s pole vault final (2.10am, Saturday) - Molly Caudery
- Men’s pole vault final (10.34am, Saturday) - Mondo Duplantis
- Women’s 60m final (1.18pm, Saturday) - Zaynab Dosso
- Women’s high jump final (3.35am, Sunday) - Yaroslava Mahuchikh
- Women’s 1,500m final (12.28pm, Sunday) - Georgia Hunter Bell
- Men’s and women’s 4x400m relay finals (from 1.11pm, Sunday) - USA / Netherlands
It will be hosted in Chinese city Nanjing – which had been awarded the 2020 World Indoors’ – but these were postponed to 2021.
However, the 2022 and 2024 championships had already been awarded to Belgrade and Glasgow respectively - leaving Nanjing unable to host until this year.
Which Brits could do well?
There are high hopes for Hunter Bell to complete her remarkable story, from parkrun to finishing third in the Paris Olympic 1,500m.
Azu won gold at the recent European Indoors’ in Apeldoorn over the men’s 60m while Caudery is defending champion in the women’s pole vault.
Sadly for fans who enjoy the thrilling 4x400m relay, Britain has not entered a team on either side.
The full team is:
Women
60m: Amy Hunt
400m: Amber Anning
1500m: Georgia Hunter Bell, Revee Walcott-Nolan
Pole Vault: Molly Caudery
Long Jump: Funminiyi Olajide
Men
60m: Jeremiah Azu, Andy Robertson
1500m: Adam Fogg, Neil Gourley
Shot put: Scott Lincoln
Who are the world stars?
Swede Duplantis has already won all there is to win in the men’s pole vault but could look to further elevate his own world record.
High jumper Mahuchikh is the freshly crowned Euro indoor champion and will want to give a good showing for her native Ukraine.
The big draw though is Ingebrigtsen, who is aiming for a rare 1,500m - 3,000m double.
How to watch
The BBC is showing the action online via its iPlayer streaming platform, with some of the action also on BBC 2.
Full schedule
Friday, March 21
2am - 6.05am, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app
10.15am - 1.45pm, BBC Two
Saturday, March 22
2am - 4.40am, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app
10.30am - 1.45pm, BBC Two
Sunday, March 23
2am - 5.45am, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app
11am - 1.45pm, BBC Two
